To Keep the Peace with Iran, Threaten to Strike

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. Dominique Guillaume, Roman Zytek, and Mohammad Reza Farzin, “Iran–The Chronicles of the Subsidy Reform,” The International Monetary Fund, July 2011, http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2011/wp11167.pdf. 2. David Nakamura, “Obama signs defense bill, pledges to maintain legal rights of U.S. citizens,” The Washington Post, December 31, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-signs-defense-bill-pledges-to-maintain-legal-rights-of-terror-suspects/2011/12/31/gIQATzbkSP_story.html. 3. Helene Fouquet, “Sarkozy Calls for Freeze of Iran's Central Assets, New Sanctions,” Bloomberg, November 21, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-21/sarkozy-calls-for-freeze-of-iran-s-central-assets-new-sanctions.html. 4. Karim Sadjadpour, “Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/sadjadpour_iran_final2.pdf. 5. Karim Sadjadpour, “Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/sadjadpour_iran_final2.pdf. 6. Barack Obama, “Statement by the President on H.R. 1540,” The White House, December 31, 2011, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/31/statement-president-hr-1540. 7. “India not seeking Iran oil waiver from U.S.: official,” Reuters, January 17, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-india-iran-idUSTRE80G0VE20120117. 8. Wayne Ma, “China's Oil Imports from Iran Jump,” The Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577174133880790046.html. 9. Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address,” The White House, January 24, 2012, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/24/remarks-president-state-union-address. 10. Martin Dempsey, “‘Face the Nation’ transcript: January 8, 2012,” CBS News, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57354647/face-the-nation-transcript-january-8-2012. 11. Martin Dempsey, “‘Face the Nation’ transcript: January 8, 2012,” CBS News, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57354647/face-the-nation-transcript-january-8-2012. 12. Leon E. Panetta, “Remarks by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta at the Saban Center,” U.S. Department of Defense, December 2, 2011, http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4937. 13. Elisabeth Bumiller, Eric Schmitt, and Thom Shanker, “U.S. Sends Top Iranian Leader a Warning on Strait Threat,” The New York Times, January 12, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/world/middleeast/us-warns-top-iran-leader-not-to-shut-strait-of-hormuz.html. 14. “Mossad chief held talks on Iran in US visit: CIA,” Agence France-Presse, January 31, 2012, http://news.yahoo.com/mossad-chief-washington-iran-talks-media-201731919.html. 15. U.S. Energy Information Administration, “China,” http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=CH. 16. “China's Dec Saudi crude imports 4th highest on record,” Reuters, January 21, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/21/china-crude-imports-idUSL3E8CL02520120121. 17. Michael Singh and Jacqueline Newmyer Deal, “China's Iranian Gambit,” ForeignPolicy.com, October 31, 2011, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/31/china_iran_nuclear_relationship?page=full. 18. Leon E. Panetta, “‘Face the Nation’ transcript: January 8, 2012,” CBS News, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460-162-57354647/face-the-nation-transcript-january-8-2012. 19. Dempsey, “‘Face the Nation’ transcript: January 8, 2012.” 20. Eric S. Edelman, Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., and Evan Braden Montgomery, “Why Obama Should Take Out Iran's Nuclear Program,” Foreign Affairs, November 9, 2011, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136655/eric-s-edelman-andrew-f-krepinevich-jr-and-evan-braden-montgomer/why-obama-should-take-out-irans-nuclear-program. 21. “Restarting the Bosnian Peace Talks,” The New York Times, August 29, 1995, http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/29/opinion/restarting-the-bosnian-peace-talks.html. Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael SinghMichael Singh is managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as senior director for Middle Eastern affairs on the National Security Council staff from 2007–2008. He was also director for Iran at the NSC from 2006–2007 and special assistant to secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice from 2004–2005